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    Environmental Aspects and Impacts of DSU Operations


    In order to meet the aspiration within our strategic plan to reduce the impact of our activities on the environment, to meet the expectations of our members and stakeholders and to engage in good practice, DSU has committed to reducing the impact of its activities on the environment.


    This document lists the major aspects and impacts of the organisation on the environment. The impacts listed are both direct and indirect. We acknowledge that our ability to reduce the direct impact of our activities is greater than our capacity to influence the other organisations which may be responsible for the indirect impacts.
    An aspect is defined as ‘an element of an organisation’s activities or products or services that can interact with the environment.’


    An impact is defined as ‘any change to the environment, whether adverse or beneficial, wholly or partly resulting from an organisation’s environmental aspects.’

     


    		 Aspects Impacts
    1 Products purchased for sale within the DSU retail, licensed and catering outlets a) Consumption of energy during manufacture, delivery, disposal - resource depletion, air pollution.
    b) Supply chain issues – including workforce welfare, habitat loss, land degradation and animal welfare.
    c) Packaging – resource depletion, harmful materials.
    d) Disposal to landfill – land degradation, contribution to climate change.
     
    2 Gas and electricity usage at the Campus Centre and hired buildings Resource depletion and contribution to climate change.
    3 Travel by staff, volunteers, members and visitors Resource depletion, contribution to climate change and local air pollution.
    4 Water usage Tap water, water used in venue and catering – contribution to climate change.
    5 Refuse produced at the Campus Centre Disposal to landfill – contribution to climate change.
    6 External printing a) Raw materials (paper) – unsustainable forestry
    b) Energy use in manufacturing – contribution to climate change
    c) Printing process – water usage; VOCs from inks causing air pollution, contribution to climate change
    d) Disposal – contribution to climate change, land degradation, litter.
     
    7 Office resources used Same as 6 and including:
    ICT equipment energy usage – contribution to climate change, disposal issues.
     
    8 Student Volunteering Improvement of local environment – planting trees, tidying local green areas, improving amenity.

     

     

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